History Videogame / KingdomHeartsII

* LargeHam: Ansem, played by Richard Epcar, is depicted in an overly-dramatic fashion. For instance:--> '''KINGDOOOOM HEEEAAAAARTS'''! '''FILL ME'', WITH THE '''POWER''' OF '''DARKNESS!'''

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* LargeHam: Ansem, played by [[TheOtherDarrin re-dubbed in flashbacks by]] Richard Epcar, is depicted in an overly-dramatic fashion. For instance:--> '''KINGDOOOOM HEEEAAAAARTS'''! '''FILL ME'', ME, WITH THE '''POWER''' ''POWER'' OF '''DARKNESS!'''DARKNESS!!'''

* LethalJokeItem: The Sweet Memories keyblade. It has no attack or magic stats at all and its range is pitiful, making it less than lethal, but it has the Lucky Lucky ability, which boosts the drop rates of items, invaluable when farming synthesis materials. ''Final Mix'' gives it the new ability Drive Converter, which makes enemies drop drive orbs instead of munny, invaluable for leveling up Drive Forms, especially Master Form which gains exp as you collect drive orbs.

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* LethalJokeItem: The Sweet Memories keyblade.Keyblade. It has no attack or magic stats at all and its range is pitiful, making it less than lethal, but it has the Lucky Lucky ability, which boosts the drop rates of items, invaluable when farming synthesis materials. ''Final Mix'' gives it a magic boost of 4 and the new ability Drive Converter, which makes enemies drop drive orbs instead of munny, invaluable for leveling up Drive Forms, especially Master Form which gains exp as you collect drive orbs.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Final Mix'', which already includes a ton of extra content compared to vanilla ''Kingdom Hearts II'', is topped by ''Final Mix+'', which contains on top of that a remake of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''. While the latter eventually made it to North America as a standalone game, neither ''Final Mix'' nor ''Final Mix+'' were released outside of Japan until a ''third'' UpdatedRerelease: ''Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 [=ReMIX=]''.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Final Mix'', which already includes a ton of extra content compared to vanilla ''Kingdom Hearts II'', is topped by ''Final Mix+'', which contains on top of that a remake of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''. While the latter eventually made it to North America as a standalone game, neither ''Final Mix'' nor ''Final Mix+'' were released outside of Japan until a ''third'' UpdatedRerelease: ''Kingdom Hearts HD II.2.5 [=ReMIX=]''.

* MoodWhiplash: Congratulations! You've just defeated Xemnas, for good this time, and Sora, Riku and Kairi have all gotten home safely. And now they've got all new adventures to go on. Cue the ominous images of three people in armor, in somewhere filled with a ''lot'' of abandoned keyblades. And what's with the unnerving piano music...?

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* MoodWhiplash: Congratulations! You've just defeated Xemnas, for good this time, and Sora, Riku and Kairi have all gotten home safely. And now they've got all new adventures to go on. Cue the ominous images of three people in armor, in somewhere filled with a ''lot'' of abandoned keyblades.Keyblades. And what's with the unnerving piano music...?

* NonDubbedGrunts: In the ''Final Mix'' version, the Organization XIII members fought in the Absent Silhouettes use Japanese voices with generic grunts while the rest of the game reuses the North American version's English voice track.

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* NonDubbedGrunts: In the original ''Final Mix'' version, the Organization XIII members fought in the Absent Silhouettes use Japanese voices with generic grunts while the rest of the game reuses the North American version's English voice track.track. The international ''HD 2.5 [=ReMIX=]'' versions avert this, giving the Silhouettes battle grunts provided by their English voice actors from the ''Chain of Memories'' remake.

* RewatchBonus: Go back and play this after playing KH3D and Birth By Sleep. Some plot holes get cleared up. Others lead to massive FridgeHorror and FridgeBrilliance. * {{Retcon}}: The Ansem from previous games wasn't the real deal, but an impostor who was also the Heartless of a man named Xehanort. The real Ansem is a good guy that Xehanort banished to the Realm of Darkness 9 years before the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''.** At YenSid's tower Goofy says that Mickey banished Pete from Disney Town. ''Birth By Sleep'' retcons this into ''Minnie'' banishing Pete. This makes sense with DDD revealing that Minnie is the royal one and more than has the authority to do that. * {{Retraux}}: Timeless River is one big homage to the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation oldest]] Disney shorts. The art style resembles old Disney cartoons, the entire level is in black and white, and most of the audio is in a grainy mono (with large amounts of static in the ''HD Final [=ReMIX=]'' version).

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* RewatchBonus: Go back and play this after playing KH3D ''Kingdom Hearts 3D'' and Birth ''Birth By Sleep.Sleep''. Some plot holes get cleared up. Others lead to massive FridgeHorror and FridgeBrilliance. * {{Retcon}}: The Ansem Ansem, the villain from previous games games, wasn't the real deal, but an impostor who was also the Heartless of a man an impostor named Xehanort. The real Ansem is a good guy that Xehanort banished to the Realm of Darkness 9 years before the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''.** At YenSid's tower Yen Sid's tower, Goofy says that Mickey banished Pete from Disney Town. ''Birth By Sleep'' retcons this into ''Minnie'' banishing Pete. This makes sense with DDD ''Dream Drop Distance'' revealing that Minnie is the royal one and more than has the authority to do that. * {{Retraux}}: Timeless River is one big homage to the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation oldest]] Disney shorts. The art style resembles old Disney cartoons, the entire level is in black and white, and most of the audio is in a grainy mono (with large amounts of static in the ''HD Final 2.5 [=ReMIX=]'' version).

** Ping is required to be out at all times during the first visit in the Land of Dragons. This is {{Justified|Trope}} by Sora and co. trying to convince Captain Yang to let Ping join the army, so he has to actually be present during fights to prove he's capable.

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** Ping Mulan, as Ping, is required to be out at all times during the first visit in the Land of Dragons. This is {{Justified|Trope}} by Sora and co. trying to convince Captain Yang Li Shang to let Ping Mulan/Ping join the army, so he she has to actually be present during fights to prove he's she's capable.

** Completion in certain areas, such as the Hundred Acre Wood and Atlantica is not required to clear the game. Despite this, if you beat the game without clearing these areas, you will still see happy cutscenes of resolution in the credits as if you had.

* ArtisticLicense-Physics: Sometimes the rules of Physics like to take a day off. When facing Xemnas they go get popcorn. Highlights include: Flying, running upside buildings, fighting literally nowhere, using the keyblade to cut buildings in multiple pieces from far away with clean cuts, hitting the pieces towards Xemnas, walking on literally nothing (again), and knockback.

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* ArtisticLicense-Physics: ArtisticLicensePhysics: Sometimes the rules of Physics like to take a day off. When facing Xemnas they go get popcorn. Highlights include: Flying, running upside buildings, fighting literally nowhere, using the keyblade to cut buildings in multiple pieces from far away with clean cuts, hitting the pieces towards Xemnas, walking on literally nothing (again), and knockback.

* ArtisticLicense-Physics: Sometimes the rules of Physics like to take a day off. When facing Xemnas they go get popcorn. Highlights include: Flying, running upside buildings, fighting literally nowhere, using the keyblade to cut buildings in multiple pieces from far away with clean cuts, hitting the pieces towards Xemnas, walking on literally nothing (again), and knockback.

* AskAStupidQuestion: When Will Turner asks if the clearly dangerous Organization XIII will hurt the townsfolk of [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]], Jack Sparrow sarcastically quips that they're only there to hand out flowers.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Will Turner asks if the clearly dangerous Organization XIII will hurt the townsfolk of [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]], Jack Sparrow sarcastically quips that they're only there to hand out flowers.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Most worlds have you team up with a character whenever you visit. [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Land of Dragons]] has Mulan, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast's Castle]] has Beast, [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Olympus Coliseum]] has Auron from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', [[Disney/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]] has Captain Jack Sparrow, [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]] has Jack Skellington, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]] has Aladdin, [[Disney/TheLionKing Pride Lands]] has Simba, and [[Film/{{Tron}} Space Paranoids]] has Tron. In the World That Never Was, Riku joins your party after what's left of Xehanort's Heartless is removed from his heart.

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* GuestStarPartyMember: Most worlds have you team up with a character whenever you visit. [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Land of Dragons]] has Mulan, [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast's Castle]] has Beast, [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Olympus Coliseum]] has Auron from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', [[Disney/PiratesOfTheCaribbean [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]] has Captain Jack Sparrow, [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]] has Jack Skellington, [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]] has Aladdin, [[Disney/TheLionKing Pride Lands]] has Simba, and [[Film/{{Tron}} Space Paranoids]] has Tron. In the World That Never Was, Riku joins your party after what's left of Xehanort's Heartless is removed from his heart.

* BonusFeatureFailure: Unbeknownst to most players, pressing the Select button activates a First-Person mode. It works fine, except the game is forced back into third-person whenever a Reaction Command is activated, making playing only in first-person practically impossible.

** When visiting Kanga's house in the Hundred Acre Wood and playing its' mini-game, you can see the valley of butterflies in the background from ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure''. The final major location to be unlocked is a [[RealAfterAll real]] version of Skull Cave, the final setting of that film.

** At YenSid's tower Goofy says that Mickey banished Pete from Disney Town. ''Birth By Sleep'' retcons this into ''Minnie'' banishing Pete. This makes sense with DDD revealing that Minnie is the royal one and more than has the authority to do that.

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